Tell a story from your child her teenage years which highlights the fears, insecurities, or suffering of being young. Focus on the events of the story, and from those events, dry few conclusions about why things unfolded the way they did. Why did you feel the way you did? Was there a larger institution that made you feel that way? (adults, school, sports, friends, parents, groups.) consider drawing a distinction between the way those events impacted you then as opposed to how you view them now. Don’t write a standard introduction to this essay. Just jump into the story. Feel free to use the first person and add in dialogue if needed.
